Candice Knight is the vocalist of the well-known band Blackmore's Night. In addition, she is actively involved in a solo project. Candice began her professional career in music in 1994, and until now her work delights fans and attracts public attention.
Candice Lauren Izralov - this is the full real name Candice Knight - appeared in a family of Jewish immigrants. The girl was born in New York, her date of birth: May 8, 1971. Her father named Calvin Arthur Izralov was a doctor. Mother - Carol Lynn Gross - worked as a teacher. In addition to Candice herself, this family has two more children: a boy and a girl.
Biography of Candice Knight: childhood and adolescence
As a child, Candice began to take an interest in music and show her natural talent. As a result of this, her parents took her to a music school, where Candice studied piano for some time.
The girl had an attractive appearance and high growth, therefore, at the age of 12, she became interested in the modeling business, combining such a passion with creativity. As a teenager, Candice Knight worked as an advertising model and photo model.
After graduating from a local high school, Candice easily entered the university and began her education in the field of engineering. During the same period of time, the girl was able to get a job on radio in New York. She became the host of one of the rock programs.
When higher education was over and Candace graduated from the Institute of Technology, she decided to come to grips with a creative career. It was during this period of time that the girl came up with her stage name, abandoning her real name.
Musical career development
Candice Knight began her direct career as a songwriter. At the turn of 1994-1995, she met the members of the Rainbow group, of which she had been a fan for a long time. Ritchie Blackmore, a member of the team, immediately became interested in the girl in every sense, while he was also captivated by her natural talents. For this band, Candice has written some great songs that are included on the "Stranger in Us All" album. And already in 1995, Candice Knight was accepted into the group, however, only for the role of backing vocalist. She worked with Rainbow until 1997.
After Rainbow disbanded, Candice Knight, together with Ritchie Blackmore, created a new musical group - Blackmore's Night, thanks to which she became famous all over the world. By the way, Candice's mother became the official representative and manager of this group.
The gifted girl was in no hurry to limit her musical career only to work at Blackmore's Night. For example, she had a chance to perform one of the parts in the rock opera "Days of Rising Doom". In addition, Candice Knight managed to work with various recognized performers, bands and musicians, recording not only duets, but also writing songs. The talented artist has worked with such a group as Helloween. Together with this group, she recorded one track, and after that she took part in the filming of a video for a joint song.
The next step in the development of his musical career was solo work. The first studio album, entitled "Reflections", was released by Candice Knight in 2011. After a while, in 2015, a new solo disc, "Starlight Starbright", was released.
Candice continues her creative career to this day. You can see how the star lives, what she does, what plans she has for the future, by visiting her personal website or Instagram, by looking at the official page on the Blackmore's Night network.
Family, love and personal life of the artist
In the winter of 1994, Candice Knight became engaged to her colleague Ritchie Blackmore. After a lot of time passed before young people became husband and wife. Candice and Richie were officially married in 2008.
Two years later, the first child was born in this marriage - a girl who was named Autumn Esmeralda. And in 2012, the couple had a son, Rory Dartanyan.
